FT Versa Wing

In the last month I have built a Flitetest FT Versa Wing. I had gotten the rear motor mount as part of a promotion on the kit, but chose to build it as a swappable as well so that I could just pop a power pod from my crashed FT Cruiser on.

I had my maiden flight at our club meeting last month. All went relatively well, I flew it for about 5 min then brought it down. I had it at about 5 foot, stalled it, and plopped it nose first into the ground, breaking the prop. Not too bad!

The plans/kit have an optional pusher prop mount. I could potentially use both a pusher and tractor configuration...

Here's how I packed my electronics in.

I've now moved the motor/prop to the back and am readying everything for FPV. My goal is to modify Flitetest's swappable power pod design to protect my battery and camera.

I had to use extensions to get my servo wires to reach my receiver. I wish I would have considered this a bit more prior to constructing the wing so that I wouldn't have to run the wires out, under the spar, then back in.

There's also a bit of a spacing issue with the vTx. I've cut the foam to fit over it, but I'm not sure how well that will allow for cooling, and may not be final..

I also cut a hole in front of the vTx to hopefully catch a little more air.





I finally got time to fly it, but it was so windy I was only comfortable flying line of sight, though I also had the video equipment up and running for whoever wanted to watch. It was probably too windy even for that...